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  First & Last, One-time post

  by journey-on in

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  i have been lurking for quite some time now on jwd.

  my story is pretty much just like everyone else's, "only the names have been changed".

  in reading your posts, i have both laughed and cried till tears ran down my cheeks.

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  A very thought provoking thread. I wish i could feel peaceful rather than hurt about my family shunning me.

  i hav however taken the step to get in touch with my pioneer sister - i emailed 3 weeks back asking if she wanted to go for a coffee, she email back with yes, i suggested a date (next saturday) and i havnt heard from her since! lmao, at least i tried, will email again and arrange another date until she tells me to go away.

  if we dont contact THEM we're accepting the shunning and shunning them too!

  after iv tried with my sister, im going to try my ex-best-"friends"
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  The Jah Jireh homes are a nice little earner

  by Gill in

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  why are the jah jireh homes such a nice little earner at a time when retirement homes are struggling so badly in the uk?.

  http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/showcharity.asp?remchar=&chyno=1062023.

  any ideas?

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  does anyone else hav a similar experience?
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  Not aJW, but have a question

  by roseybarb in

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  i hope it's alright that i post a question, even though i've never had any affiliation with jw organization.

  i have a friend who has been trying to convince me for years to study with jw.

  i've been doing alot of research on jw and was just wondering if people here would be kind enough to tell me why they have decided to quit their affiliation with jw organization.

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  mia_b

  I left becasue after finaally going to the elders about my father molesting me (he was an elder an the time and was at the time i told the other elders) the elders supported him and not me.

  I then found that he could be an elder again.
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  Two Christians just came to my door....knock knock

  by AK - Jeff in

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  i let them in - and after they installed my new phone service [yes they were with the cable company], we had a nice discussion about our mutual faith [practiced in three distinct manners].. the installer first looked at my desk, and saw a copy of the kit [i was just listening to a mp3 audio that debunks it totally] , a copy of steve hassan's 'combatting cult mind control' [a recent gift from another poster here on jwd], a copy of reverand lingle's book 'approaching jehovah's witnesses in love', and a copy of 'church history in plain language'.

  a glance at my bookselves revealed a dozen bible translations, and dozens of apostate volumes [coc, isocf,gtr, etc].

  so he knew right off that i must be religious.. we had a nice conversation after they were done.

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  Happy for you - still haven't read any of the books mentioned yet, will do one day. It is amazing how nice "worldly people" are isn't it - not a load of bandana wearing bearded weirdos at all.
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  The Jah Jireh homes are a nice little earner

  by Gill in

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  2. friends

  why are the jah jireh homes such a nice little earner at a time when retirement homes are struggling so badly in the uk?.

  http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/showcharity.asp?remchar=&chyno=1062023.

  any ideas?

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  mia_b

  my nan went to one for respite care in blackpool and said she never wanted to go to meetings again when she came out....

  plus although we said she needed helped feeding dressing and going to the loo - it was all on the form we filled in when asking for a repite place

  they couldnt have even looked at it as she had to do all these things herself, she stank when we picked her up - we had to drive back with the windows open

  we also had to search out her walking stick and walking frame and they werent with her - the frame was stacked up with a load of others - she'd somehow been stumbling around on her own holding onto walls. clothes were also missing.

  i wanted to write an official complaint but my mom didnt want too - it was too much just looking after nan day to day without sending complaint letters. i helped as much as i could(evenings and w/ends) and did more than my witness sisters and much more than any in the "loving" cong.

  made me sick
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  Cheap!

  by Core88 in

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  this forum is so popular that i thought i would post here and say man i would love some feedback and peoples thought on my table of who?

  topic in the other room.

  =-) corey ps.

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  What's the table of who?
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  For those who were raised in "the truth"

  by Hangin_on in

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  how many of you always felt like you would be killed at armageddon no matter what you did... it was never enough and your parents put a guilt trip on you?

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  I never felt i could do enough but it wasn't a guild trip from my parents - it was mostly the borg and my own head
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  BBC story about JW

  by Norm in

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  anyone seen this?

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/tv_and_radio/onelife_series7prog4.shtml

  norm

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  Link didnt work for me either
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  Newbie!!!

  by KCM in

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  i'm a newbie on here.

  been away from the truth for nearly a year now and have just got my divorce from my violent ex who is stil serving in the congregation.

  found things hard and still am, as the 'truth' is all i've ever known....so am on here for some well needed support, if thats ok?

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  Welcome KCM
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  A life beyond ...

  by AuldSoul in

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  i now have a life beyond jehovah's witnesses.

  i am able to impact kids in their development into young adults who have risen above challenging circumstances.

  these children are always impoverished but may be challenged in other ways, as well.. my job is to mold them into productive citizens, contributing adults.

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  congratulations